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Lucas Smith
Chris Kohley
10
Winner UIC UIC 9-23, 5-6 MVC
4
Murray State MUR 22-9, 6-5 MVC
Winner
UIC UIC
9-23, 5-6 MVC
10
Final
4
Murray State MUR
22-9, 6-5 MVC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
UIC UIC 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 10 10 1
Murray State MUR 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 11 3

W: Egan, Tommy (2-1) L: Schutte, Nic (2-3) S: Hawkins, Colin (1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | AJ Schraffenberger

Baseball Halts Racers to Even Weekend Series

Flames Tally Double-Digit Runs in Crucial Saturday Victory

MURRAY, Ky. – The UIC baseball team (9-23, 5-6 MVC) resumed its weekend series against Murray State (22-9, 6-5 MVC) Saturday afternoon, as the Flames looked for a crucial Missouri Valey Conference victory over the surging Racers who had won their last seven games coming into the day.
 
Highlighted by contributions up and down the lineup, UIC jumped out to an early 5-0 lead in the opening two innings, highlighted by a James Harris RBI double, and RBI singles from Christian Holmes and Luke Nowak.
 
Following two Racers runs in the second, the score would remain 5-2 for four full innings before Lucas Smith drove in his second run of the day with a single to right field. The Flames would add two more runs in the eighth thanks to a ground out and a fielder's choice legged out by DJ Butler. Smith would tally one more RBI in the ninth, helping lead UIC to the 10-4 victory.
 
Tommy Egan earned the victory in his fourth start of the year, improving his season record to 2-1 with a five-inning effort, allowing just two earned runs and striking out two.
 
With today's win and a potential Evansville loss (game in progress), UIC would climb from seventh to sixth in the MVC standings.
 

 
 
The full box score and play-by-play recap can be found here.
 
 
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UP NEXT
The Flames will look for their second consecutive series victory on Sunday, as they will look to take two of three from the Racers, beginning with a 1 p.m. CT first pitch. The game will be shown live on ESPN+, and live stats will be available.
 
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For more information on UIC Athletics and UIC baseball, visit UICFlames.com. Fans can also follow the Flames on social media through X (@UIC_Baseball and @UICFlames) and Instagram (@uic_baseball and @uicflames).
 
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